Dropping a GRFD Scholarship

May 19th, 2012, 03:52 PM

I recently received a National Guard GRFD 2.5 year scholarship. I no longer wish to be a part of the Army, by some way - OCS or enlistment - I want to join the USMC, and so I was wondering if any of you knew a way if possible to drop my scholarship. I'm currently at A.I.T. and I literally signed my scholarship contract about two weeks ago, so I haven't technically received any funds yet. If anyone can help me with this problem that would be great.

You really need to engage your ROTC chain of command on this issue. Now. They may be able to stop the processing before money changes hands, and legalities attach. Bring a present for your ROTC commander.

The Marines are great, but I don't know if I'd pay $30k for the privilege of joining. Good luck with all that.

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Since those scholarships are so in demand, people are qeueing up to get one. Yes, they can more than likely stop it (we had an MSII who pulled the same thing last semester), but I'd be uber pissed if I were in your CoC.

I recently received a National Guard GRFD 2.5 year scholarship. I no longer wish to be a part of the Army, by some way - OCS or enlistment - I want to join the USMC, and so I was wondering if any of you knew a way if possible to drop my scholarship. I'm currently at A.I.T. and I literally signed my scholarship contract about two weeks ago, so I haven't technically received any funds yet. If anyone can help me with this problem that would be great.

May I ask why? What occured during IET that led you to decide to drop it and go to the USMC?